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During World War I more than 628,000 Canadians joined the armed forces. Two-thirds served overseas; 60,661 died.  
During World War I more than 628,000 Canadians joined the armed forces. Two-thirds served overseas; 60,661 died.  
[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/first-world-war-1914-1918-cef/Pages/canadian-expeditionary-force.aspx Soldiers of the First World War], 1914-1918. Library and Archives of Canada project to digitize microfilm still underway.
[http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/ The Canadian Great War Project] is a work in progress; there are currently over 160,228 entries of individual soldiers, and it has become a collaborative effort among those interested in researching Canada and the Great War. It contains an index of [http://www.canadiangreatwarproject.com/Regimental/NursingSisters.asp Canadian nurses] who served in World War I, 1914-1918.


Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditonary Force. Infantry Battalion, Fourth and W. L. Givson. ''Records of the Fourth Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Great War, 1914-1918''. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/172916?availability=Family%20History%20Library FHL book 971 M2ca]. {{FHL|172916|item|desp= film 987406 item 3}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/records-of-the-fourth-canadian-infantry-battalion-in-the-great-war-1914-1918/oclc/27987959 WorldCat]
Canada. Canadian Army. Canadian Expeditonary Force. Infantry Battalion, Fourth and W. L. Givson. ''Records of the Fourth Canadian Infantry Battalion in the Great War, 1914-1918''. [https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/172916?availability=Family%20History%20Library FHL book 971 M2ca]. {{FHL|172916|item|desp= film 987406 item 3}}. [http://www.worldcat.org/title/records-of-the-fourth-canadian-infantry-battalion-in-the-great-war-1914-1918/oclc/27987959 WorldCat]
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